Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas’ critically acclaimed documentary film, Writing With Fire, has created history at 94th Academy Awards, scheduled to take place on March 27 this year. The documentary project has bagged a nomination in the category of Best Documentary Feature in this year’s Oscars.
The documentary film made its worldwide premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. It is one of the few documentary projects that have managed to stand with a 100% certified ‘fresh’ rating on the Rotten Tomatoes platform. Additionally, it has won a total of 28 awards since its release. The Washington Post has hailed the movie as “The most inspiring journalism movie – maybe ever.”
Writing With Fire focuses on the only Dalit women newspaper agency in India, Khabar Lahariya. These brave women use their smartphones to cover stories from different parts of the country. They are not afraid to publish true stories. Chief Reporter Meera serves as the leader of his exceptional agency. The documentary project displays how hard her team works and operates to get their hands on the most urgent stories. The film also shows the compassion and intelligence of these amazing journalists.
Apart from its nomination at Oscars 2022, Writing With Fire has collected various accolades in its bag. But the most prominent ones are Special Jury Award and Audience Award after its worldwide release at Sundance Film Festival in 2021.